Gisèle Lagacé (born June 16, 1970, in

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, Canada) is a Canadian comics writer and artist, writer and illustrator of

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s. She is best known for her series '' Ménage à 3''.

Biography

She was born in 1970 in

, Canada, and presently () lives there. She attended high school at l'ESN in

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, and studied visual arts for a year at

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before graduating in graphic design from

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in Ottawa. She was a bassist for the Quebec all-female band Barbarella in the early 1990s, then worked as a graphic designer for Avenue Design Group in Ottawa laying out advertisements and designing logos.

Works

In 2000, she wrote and illustrated the webcomic '' Cool Cat Studio'' which quickly became popular in 2001 and won the

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for best art. That led to the 2002 co-winning of the Kimberly Yale Award for Best New Talent. ''Cool Cat'' went on hiatus at the end of 2001 and returned in 2007 with co-writer T Campbell to conclude in late 2008. From 2004 to 2009, she worked with writer T Campbell to co-create the '' Penny and Aggie'' series about the rivalry of two girls and their friends. Lagacé was nominated in the 2007

for Outstanding Romantic Comic. In 2008, she created with writer David Lumsdon the series strip '' Ménage à 3'' (meaning "threesome" or "love triangle") which tells the story of Gary, a thirtyish Montrealite, and friends. The strip is consistently in the top 50 rated webcomics and ongoing . Lagacé was also nominated for the

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for Outstanding Webcomics Creator. Lagacé was invited to the 2008 Anime Festival in Montreal. In 2018, ''Ménage à 3'' won the

for "Webcomics Creator". In 2009, she created the series '' Eerie Cuties'' which tells the story of high school monsters. David Lumsdon later joined as co-writer. In January 2013, she created a spinoff of ''Ménage à 3'', called '' Sticky Dilly Buns'', which tells the story of Dillon, a gay actor. Lagacé has penciled some Archie Comics, including #635, #636, #639, and #646. She illustrated the Ramones-themed one-shot, '' Archie Meets Ramones'', in 2016. She drew a '' Betty Boop'' mini series for

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in 2016, and issues #24-26 of ''

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'' from IDW Publishing. She illustrated the covers of the

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series '' Unbelievable Gwenpool'' for issues #12 and #13 from February to March 2015, and is the artist of ''Exorsisters'', an ongoing series from Image Comics written by

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References

External links

Lambiek Comiclopedia article.
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